INTER-OCEAN HUNTING TALES 



my jaded horse. I did not seem to gain on 

 it, and the horse was showing great distress 

 under the strain. I had not the heart to apply 

 the stimulus to make him quicken his pace as 

 the guide did to his horse, fairly raking his 

 sides from the shoulders down with the great 

 Mexican spurs until they were red with 

 blood. 



My experience in hunting antelope con- 

 vinces me that a sportsman earns about every 

 trophy he gets. No man can be a sluggard 

 and succeed in hunting this kind of game. 

 With senses as acute as any wild animals 

 possess, they live in an open country, where 

 every object is visible except for the slight 

 concealment offered by the sage brush or some 

 depression of the ground. The antelope have 

 one stupid habit very remarkable on account 

 of their keenness in other respects. They will 

 almost always follow their leader, strung out 

 in single file, notwithstanding that in doing so 

 the end of the line may come close to a hunter 

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